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CHURCH with Mrs. HG
Welcome to Church! I am very exited about this course as it combines one of my favorite areas of theology, ecclesiology (the study of the theology of the Church) and Church history. In this course we will examine the link between the apostolic community and the contemporary Church. We will look at the peak moments of the Church during the past 2000 years. The lives of the saints, the popes, reformers and key theologians will be studied. We will also look at a Christian understanding of God as the foundation for Church. Daily Supplies: Students are required to bring the following materials daily to class: a 3 ring binder or notebook with 4 dividers, a blue or a black ink pen and a highlighter. Students may also be asked to bring in a Bible for classroom assignments from time to time. Your notebook will be graded throughout the semester. Class and Homework: You are expected to turn in all assignments on time. Homework, other than projects or the service journals, will be lowered 10% for each day that it is late. Projects are lowered 20% for each day that they are late. A zero is averaged in for all missing work. All assignments must be typed unless otherwise specified. All class work must be completed in blue or black ink. I do not accept work completed in pencil, red, orange, purple or green pen. I count off for errors in spelling and capitalization or papers that have been bent, folded or mutilated. Please check your work for spelling, grammar and punctuation and to see if what you have written actually makes sense. Please use dictionaries. I expected you to do your best and I pledge to do my best as well. Homework is posted in my classroom on the white dry erase board in the front of the classroom as well as on my website: www.mrshgsplace.com You may also access my website from the school website by clicking on my name in the list of religion teachers in the academics section of the school website. If you do not understand an assignment, please ask me to clarify! I do not bite! Advice is always free. I am available before and after school in my classroom, 103. You may also contact me through email, annehg@verizon.net or call me at 703-266-8805. You do not need a rabbis shot to call me! Grading Scale: 10%: class participation 25%: class and homework 25%: projects 25%: tests 15%: quizzes For the final grade for the course, each quarter is worth 2/5 and the final exam is worth 1/5. Please note, unless you are in the actual process of dying a painful death, all homework must be turned in by the end of class or it is late. I do not waive late grades for any of the following reasons: “My dog ate my homework; my pet boa constrictor swallowed my book bag; I was kidnapped by aliens from outer space/reality TV casting agents/the Mafia/gypsies; I couldn’t remember the homework; I lost my book or notebook, etc. If you miss a class as a result of a tardy or early dismissal, you are required to turn in the assignment to me or have it date stamped in the front office and put in my mail box or it is late. There will be a test and quiz for each chapter and unit. Info from one chapter may find its way on to a later test of quiz. All quizzes will be open notebook and open brain. All tests are strictly open brain. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to get notes from other students, If you are absent on the day before a test or quiz is given and no new material is given, you are expected to take the test or quiz with everyone else. All make up tests and quizzes are essay- no exceptions. We will have a number of research projects and journals due each quarter. All written reports must be submitted to www.turnitin.com as well as a hard copy. I will not accept written reports by email. Any assignments that are accepted by email must be submitted by typing it directly into email. No attachments will be accepted. Good attendance is essential. If you miss 6 or more classes in a quarter, you may be in danger of failing. Your grade in class participation will be lowered by 10%. If you are not present, you cannot be part of the class discussion. You are expected to take an active role in class. Just being a warm body occupying a desk does not earn you an A or a B in class participation! You need to ask questions, respond to questions and share your insights and views in a respectful manner. Slumped over a desk as though you are in the process of dying or taking a nap is both disrespectful and unsatisfactory. Cheating: Any student who is caught cheating* will receive a zero for that work and will be written up. *(Cheating is defined as taking another’s knowledge or work without permission.) n.b. Any student who turns in the same assignment as another with font and text size changed is not doing his or her own original work. This is cheating. Please refer to the student handbook pp. 3, 36-37 for more information regarding the honor code and academic honesty.
All students will be required to write out and sign the Honor Code pledge on all graded assignments. The pledge is found on page 3 of the handbook and states: “I have upheld the intent and principles of the Paul VI Academic Honor Code while completing this assignment.” All assignments turned in without the honor code and signature will receive an automatic zero. “Pride, Values, Integrity” may not be substituted. Each student is expect to take responsibility for his or her own actions, inactions, reactions and work. It is not your parents' job to take this class, live your life or make excuses. You are the one who is earning the grade, taking the class and living your own life. As a junior, you know the school rules. You make choices each day and you need to accept the consequences of those choices. If you do not understand an assignment, ask questions! Do not wait until an assignment is due. Students have talked to me and actually lived to tell the tale! Text: Armenio, Very Rev. Peter V. The History of the Church, A Complete Course. Woodbridge: Midwest Theological Forum, 2005.
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